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• n  a method of planographic printing from a metal or stone surface
• n  the act of making a lithographic print

• The process, called lithography (literally, writing on stone), was capable of such beautiful reproductions that it was eagerly adopted by painters, among them Degas.
• Even if it were not one of the cheapest and easiest methods of reproduction of a draughtsman's work, lithography would be popular with artists because of the purely tactile .
• For the art lover with a high taste and a low budget, the current renaissance of color lithography has proved a golden mean between expensive originals and photographed .

News & Articles

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• Ultratech Announces Participation in 5th Annual CEO Investor Summit 2013
  Ultratech, Inc. a leading supplier of lithography and laser-processing systems used to manufacture semiconductor devices and high-brightness LEDs , today an
  June 17, 2013 - Business Wire via Yahoo! Finance
• EV Group And Dynaloy Jointly Develop Complete Single-Wafer Cleaning Solution For 3D-IC/TSV, Advanced Packaging, MEMS ...
  ST. FLORIAN, Austria and INDIANAPOLIS, Ind., June 17, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- EV Group (EVG), a leading supplier of wafer bonding and lithography equipment, and Dynaloy, LLC, an international manufacturer ...
  June 17, 2013 - PR Newswire via Yahoo! Finance
• SEMATECH to Address Critical Supply Chain Challenges and Present Latest Technology Advances at SEMICON West 2013
  ALBANY, N.Y.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Through a series of lectures and workshops, SEMATECH will address R&D challenges and closing key infrastructure technology gaps from July 8–12 at SEMICON West in San Francisco, CA. SEMATECH experts will discuss the challenges which are affecting progress in next-generation lithography techniques, new materials and processes for sub-20 nm manufacturing as well as ...
  June 17, 2013 - Business Wire

Quotes

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• La Fontaine in Earthtimes
  This important demonstration of EUV lithography's potential to be used in semiconductor manufacturing in the coming years is encouraging to all of us in the industry that benefit from chip feature sizes shrinking over time,said La Fontaine....
• David Eckstein in AZoNano.com
  By improving the effective resolution achieved in the litho cell with our advanced material technology, Dow Corning and Rohm and Haas Electronic Materials are playing a key role in extending traditional optical lithography,said Marie...
• Stephen Chou in EETimes.com
  Nanoimprint lithography is superb chip-duplication method, but making the first pattern in a mold is very expensive,said Chou. "Now we have found a cheap way to make large-area, fine-pitch grating molds."